St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-09
STRAY SUNBEAMS.

Chicago lost good newspaper man when
CARTER HARRISON went away. But II 1t had
not been for his going away it would never
have been known how good a newspaper man
Mr.. HARRISON was. His letters to the Chicago
Mail describing his journey towards the
Orient are fine specimens of descriptive writ
ing. The ex-mayor's ride across the Selkirk
mountains on a cow-catcher has not been
equalled for wild and thrilling adventure
since Farmer MUGGINs yoked himself to the
yearling calf.
Gen, SIMON CAMERON reached home last
Tuesday from his three months wanderings
ings in Europe The old man, who has just
passed his eighty ninth birthday, says he
never missed a meal nor turned down his
wine glass during the trip. He hobnobbed
with BUFFALO BILL in London, ana was
dubbed ''The Old Eagle of the Susque-
hanna" 1t Is singular that during his stay
in England he did not meet GLADSTONE, and
the two NEsToRs of American and English
politics are still strangers to each other
wv
But if he didn't get to shake hands with
GLADSTONE the old man CAMERON had a good
time with the boys over there. Lord and
Lady RANDOLPH CHURCHILL gave him big
blow out. The duke of Beaufort who occa-
sionally comes over here and goes fishing
WITH BILLY FLORENCE up the Restigonche,
took Gen. CAMERON to the Goodwood horse
races and found seat for him in the grand
stand. Then the duke took him out to his
country seat in Worcestershire, where there
are $500 deer in the park, 80 hunters in the
stables and $50 servants in the house. Gen.
CAMERON also visited his birthplace in Scot
land and spent several weeks around the
scenes of his childhood. The old man had
good time all around and yet managed to
keep one eye on jim BLAINE all the time he
was over there. Now that the old man is
home again his boy Don will know whether
to announce himself as candidate for the
presidency or not.
49,
There is q general unanimity of opinion
among the press that whether or not there is
any merit in Mr.. DoNNELLYs forthcoming
book, there is certainly good deal of money
in it for the author. There is naturally
good deal of anxiety manifested by Mime
sofa people to know if Mr.. DoNNELLY intends
to re-enter politics when he comes into pos
session of his prospective fortune Mr. DON
NELLY has been in the habit Of attributing
his numerous political defeats to the fact
that he was poor, and his enemies were law
1sh In corrupt use of money. 1t is possible
that when he gets rich Mr.. DoNNELLY may
want to give his old foes just one whirl to
convince the public of the truth Of what he
has been telling. But it is moro probable
that the Sage of Nininger is prudent enough
to hold on to a good thing wben he gets it,
and will not waste his well-earned substance
in political ructions as long as literature
proves such a remuneratiYe field for his
talent.
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By the way, there has been more or less
public anxiety manifested to know what Mr..
DoNNELLY had to say about the noted House
File 157, which has recently been receiving
so much attention. In letter lately written
to Hon. ERIC SEyATsoN, Mr.. DoNNELLY uses
the following language: 81 see that notwith-
standing the fight you and made to prevent
the st. Paul & Chicago railway company es-
Gaping back taxes they did so by forgery, but
the end is not yet, as the law is probably I'M
constitutional
Speaking on the same subject Mr. SEyAT-
SON says: II think that the bill was fraud
from the very start-it was a clever device to
deceive the people, and, stripped Of its fine
plumage, was simply bill in the interest of
certain railroads, as it gave them very nearly
S1.OO0,0OO. Three times I attempted to get
the floor and speak on the BILL but was unable
to do SO. DoNNELLY did the same, but was
unable to get the floor. 1 do not particularly
blame the governor for signing the pill. In
my opinion there was good deal of sly work
going on from the very moment that bill saw
daylight 49,
So
1t is wonderful how ignorant some Eastern
editors are. For instance, one of them
believes in DoNNELLY's BACoNIAN cipher,
but adds: 'DoNNELLY's obscurity as an
author is against him in winning triumph"
Great Scots, is the author of s'Ragnarok''
and Atlantis and the Minnesota railway
law to be talked about as an obscure author?